Brandon Marshall feeling frustrated as he recovers from hip injury

Bears receiver Brandon Marshall is frustrated as he recovers from offseason hip surgery, and he says he’s not as ready for the regular season as he would like to be.

“It’s one of those things where I’m just trying to get healthy for Week 1,” Marshall said, via the Chicago Sun-Times. “So you’ve got to have a game plan coming off surgery, a third hip surgery. So yeah, I’m not where I want to be right now. It’s a little frustrating. But we’ll see.”

Marshall has been playing during the preseason, but he suggested that he’s feeling pressure to play.

“Some people might think I need to be farther on than where I am, so it’s a little frustrating not being where I want to be right now and maybe being pushed a little bit,” Marshall said.

The Bears are counting on Marshall to be their No. 1 receiver. If he’s not ready to go this season, a lot of people in Chicago will feel frustrated.

Bears are a real question mark this year whether they’ll improve or worsen over last year.

One thing I would say- if they start off poorly against their front-loaded schedule of tough opponents, things could unravel fast between new coach and a bunch of players at the end of their contracts.

FinFan68 says:Aug 27, 2013 7:49 PM

I hope he can get his head right. If not, there isn’t much time left before the biannual slip on a McDonald’s bag/stabbing incident. When he is stable and healthy he is a top 5 WR in the league. It’s a shame he had so many crucial drops for Miami

If Trestman would wake up and realize that Forte is one of the best at catching balls out of the backfield Brandon Marshall might not feel there is so much pressure on him. Forte has looked unbelievable running from scrimmage in the preseason, but with a clever offense he as a chance to be one of the best combined yardage backs since Marshall Faulk.

How it comes out, Brandon Marshall in not 100%. Why would Cutler throw 5 of his 5 passes to him in the 2nd preseason game? The way I saw it Cutler call an audible on the line of scrimmage on the first down to throw a 10 yard TD to Marshall in that game. I was calling for the Bears to run it in or at least give it a try on the 1st down. What really got me was after that game Trestman said he excepted the blame for the interception that Cutler threw because he had not taught Cutler to check down. Really now? Trestman has to teach an 8 year NFL QB vet to check down.

Honest talk from a Bear fan.
This is the first potentially bad report by Marshall. He has been great on and off the field since we got him.
A hip injury on a 6’4″ 230 ish athlete is a scary thing. He’s a big boy.
I hope it’s gamesmanship on his part to say he’s not there but about 2 months ago he declared himself 100% and the shot at the staff concerns me too

Marshall will play right from game #1 and Cutler will pass him the ball.
I cant wait for the 49ers to shut these packers fan’s up. Dom Capers
will be fired after game #2 so the packers can blame this 7-9 season on him

This is the other sider of the “sword” in regards to Marshall. We saw what a focused, WR/professional with unlimited ability can do last year. The fact is, he has some issues with his brain (medically) that he’s been working on with doctors to try and keep in check. We’re all praying for the guy that he can keep those issues in check and continue to be a productive player on the field as well as a productive person off the field. Time will tell.

coachkilla6 says:Aug 28, 2013 1:22 PM

Did he wreck his hip when he was bearing up his girlfriend or when he was beating up his mother? Stay classy Chicago.